Also in attendance was NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, Loretta Brennan Glucksman, Chairman of the American Ireland Fund, and a host of other luminaries.

Harrington said his game was all about trying to improve.

"I think that my ultimate principle in life would be that every day I try to get better,” he said.

"Many people who would be following my career this year would see that I did take a few steps back to try and go forward.”

"I came out of winning three majors and I decided to change something that had been bugging me for a while, for a number of years and my performances dipped because of it,” said Harrington of his decision to completely revamp his swing

“The main thing all through this is that I know that all this part of the process, I know that I will get better and I will get better.

"I came out of last year being third in the world feeling that I have peaked, but now I have the feeling that I can go anywhere and that I haven’t peaked and that I am going to get better."

Harrington went on to say that though both he and the world of business had experienced a little bump in recent times, that he felt both were on the way back up.